ALLEN PARK — Jim Schwartz offered no apologies for calling the fake field goal on Sunday. It didn’t work and the Lions lost to the Steelers.

It was a call that glaringly stood out even though it was not the Lions best all-around game at all.

If the circumstances were right, the coach said he wouldn’t hesitate to make the call again.

“If a receiver drops the ball you don’t just never throw him the ball again,’’ Schwartz said in his Monday press conference. “If we think there’s something there special teams-wise next week, not going to be afraid to call it. Based on good information, we had the look that we wanted.

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“If you’ve got quarterbacks that are afraid to throw interceptions you’re never going to complete any passes. If you have defensive backs afraid to give up passes probably never make an interception.

“I think the same thing goes for coaching, if you’re afraid about what might happen you’re never going to make a call. We were confident in our call it didn’t work,’’ Schwartz said.

He doesn’t care about the criticism — some are comparing it to Marty Mornhinweg taking the wind.

To refresh your memory, on Sunday the Lions had a 4-point lead (27-23) with 12:56 left and it was fourth-and-5 from Pittsburgh’s 10-yard line. It would have been a 27-yard field goal attempt for David Akers. Instead punter Sam Martin takes the ball on the snap and tries to run it into the end zone. He fumbles it and the Steelers take possession on their own 3-yard line.

“Anything you’re going to be scrutinized If we were successful in that situation and we go up 11,’’ Schwartz said. “I know what you guys would write. You guys would write it’s a different attitude, the Lions they’re going for the win, they’re not settling for field goals. ... Regardless of what happened in the play, the mentality was still the same. We were aggressively trying to take what the defense gave us. We thought we had that play. We didn’t execute it great but that doesn’t change that.’’

He won’t apologize for being aggressive and listed a few plays this season where he has gone for it on fourth down and it worked.

“You have to trust your team, you have to trust your ability as a player you have to trust your game plan as a coach and go out,’’ Schwartz said.

“We’re not aggressive just to be aggressive, or conservative for the sake of being conservative, it’s all within the game plan and we try to make good decisions.

“The only way to be right is to win, when you win you’re always right,’’ he added.